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Noun
/ˈantlˌōp/,
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antelope, plural; antelopes, plural;
  1. A swift-running deerlike ruminant with smooth hair and upward-pointing horns, native to Africa and Asia

  1. graceful Old World ruminant with long legs and horns directed upward and backward; includes gazelles; springboks; impalas; addax; gerenuks; blackbucks; dik-diks
  2. Antelope is a term referring to many even-toed ungulate species found all over the world in places such as Africa, Asia and North America. The term refers to a ‘miscellaneous’ group within the family encompassing the old-world species which are not cattle, sheep, buffalo, bison or goats. ...
  3. The Antelope was originally built as a galleass of the English Tudor navy, launched in 1546. She was rebuilt three times, in 1558 (becoming a galleon), 1581 and 1618. She thus served in various forms from the time of King Henry VIII to the English Civil War. ...
  4. The Eagle class were sixteen 4-4-0 saddle tank broad gauge locomotives operated on the South Devon Railway, Cornwall Railway and associated adjacent railways. They were designed for passenger trains on this steep and sharply curved line but were also used on goods trains when required.
  5. Antelope was a packet ship in service with the British East India Company. On 10 August 1783 Antelope wrecked off Ulong, near Koror Island in Palau resulting in the first sustained European contact with those islands.
  6. The Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway , often abbreviated as Santa Fe, was one of the larger railroads in the United States. The company was first chartered in February 1859. ...
  7. The Antelope, 6, was a 204 ton West Indian packet ship. She was attacked and captured on 10 October 1782. She was taken into Nantes, but Captain William Kempthorne, her commanding officer, re-purchased her on 4 April 1793, for £2750.16.8d (plus £34 for her ordnance stores) .
  8. Any of several African mammals of the family Bovidae distinguished by having hollow horns. Unlike deer antelope do not shed their horns; The pronghorn, Antilocapra americana
  9. Agacella is the heraldic antelope. Brooke, Lord Cobham, had for a dexter supporter an agacella, horned, tusked and armed or.
  10. The word, first applied as a qualification to the gazelle, on account of the lustre and soft expression of its eye, has become the name of a genus of ruminant quadrupeds intermediate between the deer and the goat. Four species are mentioned in the Bible:
  11. (in  antelope (mammal): Appearance and behaviour)
  12. A large, deer-like animal that inhabits Asia, Africa, and Europe. Their meat is called "venison" and may be cooked by roasting. Plenty of fat is recommended to prevent the meat from becoming too dry.
  13. The heraldic antelope has serrated horns, a beak, tufts on the body, and a lion's tail.
  14. (n.): a ruminant herbivorous mammal possessing hooves. They are particularly found in the steppes of Asia and Africa. Back
  15. From skin of antelope, fine , soft, velvety texture, generally suede-finished; shoes, belts, leather goods.
  16. The code name for the original InnoDB file format. It supports the redundant and compact row formats, but not the newer dynamic and compressed row formats available in the Barracuda file format. ...
  17. a zoological name which, so far as can be determined, appears to trace its origin, through the Latin, to Pantholops, the old Coptic, and Antholops, the late Greek name of the fabled unicorn. ...
  18. Seeing antelope or deer in the open is a sign that your financial condition will improve; seen in captivity, as in a zoo, they mean that you must be prepared for some reverses, either in your work or in your emotional life; harming or killing them is a sign that your carelessness may lose you an ...
  19. Seeing antelopes in a dream, foretells your ambitions will be high, but may be realized by putting forth great energy. For a young woman to see an antelope miss its footing and fall from a height, denotes the love she aspires to will prove her undoing.
  20. A fast deer-like animal that lives in herds or groups on grassy plains.
  21. Dreaming about antelopes means you have high ambitions that you expect to achieve.
  22. When two ants run off to get married
  23. to run off with your mother’s sister.
  24. A type of family scandal.
  25. (Fast animal: Antelope)